Knowledge of Silkworm
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Silkworm |
It is an insect of complete metamorphosis. Its life experiences four totally different stages: egg, larva, pupa and moth. It takes 20 to 28 days for a newly hatched larva grows into a matured one that begins to spin and cocoon. Spinning and cocooning cost about three days, and after one or two days it becomes a pupa. The pupal stage lasts for ten to fifteen days when a pupa turns into a moth. It dies after oviposition. Thus it takes about 40 to 60 days to accomplish a generation.
History of Chinese Sericulture
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Silkworm cocoon |
Folk-Custom of Silkworm
Raising silkworm is a laborious work. During the long time of production practice, the farmers have developed unique production customs, even many of which smacks of superstition seen from today. For example, in order to protect the silkworms from insects and diseases, they would clean the rearing rooms, stick paper-cut with tiger or cat patterns on the doors to frighten away rats, and paste red papers with "Yu Can" (Raising Silkworms) or "Can Shi Mian Jin" (No Admittance to Rearing Rooms) to refuse the visits among each other. What’s more, they would bathe the eggs to sanitize them in a special day. They warmed the rearing rooms by charcoal basin when feed the baby silkworms.
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Asked by Lyn from AUSTRALIA | Mar. 27, 2014 00:35
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What is AAA Grade Silk?
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Answered by Tina from USA | Apr. 01, 2014 04:10
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The high-end silk quality is divided into 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, A, B and C. 6A is the best and C is the most ordinary type.
Asked by Mr.philipsridhar from INDIA | Dec. 24, 2010 04:12
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Iam interested in silkworm rearing chinese method if any one can help i will be happy
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Answered by Mr.Wesley | Dec. 24, 2010 21:14
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You may go to Zhejiang, Guangdong and Sichuan to learn it personally, since theory is always different from practice.